Anchor for buildings



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P. D. PARADISE.

ANCHOR FOR BUILDINGS.

No. 318,648. Patented May 26, 1885.

STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

FRANK D. PARADISE, OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

ANCHOR FOR BUILDINGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 318,648,dated May26,1885.

Application filed March 10, 1885.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK D. PARADISE, of Memphis, in the county ofShelby and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Anchors for Buildings; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use it, reference being had to the acc0mpany ing drawings,which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in anchors for buildings; and itconsists in the combination of either a star or blind anchor having itsinner end turned downward with a beam and a metallic strap, which isfastened to the side of the beam, and which has an eye formed upon itsinner end to catch over the bent end of the anchor, as will be morefully described hereinafter.

The object of my invention is to connect the anchor to the beams in sucha manner that in case of fire the beams, when burned through, will dropdown, and in dropping become detaehed from the anchors, and thus preventthe anchors from pulling down the walls when the beams fall.

Figure 1 represents a perspective of my in vention. Fig. 2 shows adouble anchor.

A represents a brick wall, house, or build ing of any kind, and B eitherastar or ablindanchor, which is applied thereto. The inner end of thisanchor extends a suitable distance beyond the inside of the wall, andthis inner end is turned downward at a suitable angle, as shown. The endof the beam 0 is made to catch in a suitable recess formed in the sideof (No model.)

the wall to receive it, and secured to the side of the beam is asuitable metallic strap, D, which has an eye or loop, G, formed upon itsinner end. The turned-down end of the anchorcatches in this eye or loop,and thus binds or locks the beam rigidly in place. In case of a fire, orthe beam breaks at or near its center, the ends of the beam simply pullout of the recess in the wall, and as they drop downward the turned-downend of the anchor becomes detached from the loop, and thus the anchor isprevented from pulling down the wall, as it is always liable to do whenthe anchor is rigidly secured to the beam in the usual manner. \Vhere adouble or partition wall is used, a double instead of a single anchorwill be used. The anchor will then engage with the beams on each side ofthe wall.

If the walls are not pulled down by the beams when they fall, in case ofa fire or accidental breaking of the beams, the walls are left standingin position, and can be used again when the building is rebuilt.

Having thus described my invention, I claim The combination of theanchor having its ends bent or turned downward, the beam, and a strapsecured to the beam having an eye or loop formed upon its inner end, soas to catch over the turned-down end of the anchor, substantially asshown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK D. PARADISE.

Witnesses:

RICHARD K. IIALE, HUNSDON CAR-Y.

